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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla say caused his visions?

2. What did Tesla hope to be able to control?

3. What would Tesla calculate before eating?

4. Tesla attributed his creativity to _________________.

5. What about the Gramme dynamo did Tesla think was unnecessary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tesla say was the purpose of an inventor?

2. What does Tesla tell his uncle about Niagara Falls?

3. What did Tesla say about the Gramme dynamo, and what was his professor's response to this?

4. How and where did Tesla get his first job?

5. What caused Tesla some reluctance in writing about his childhood?

6. How does the induction motor work?

7. What happened when Gospic got a new fire engine?

8. What did Tesla say he got from his mother?

9. How was Tesla able to repair his reputation in the town of Gospic?

10. What did Tesla always do before eating?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What obstacles did Tesla face in the progression of his career, and what did he do to get past them? How did this change his outlook on life?

Essay Topic 2

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the people most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 3

Tesla and Edison were two very similar people. Yet, they had some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite for support, write a compare/contrast essay about these two inventors.

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